Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50846 
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Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
KOF Working Papers No. 121
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
The paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on governance employing four indicators of governance and five measures of decentralization. Depending on data availability, crosssections for a maximum of 129 countries are estimated. Results for a panel of about 70 countries over the period 1984-2001 are also presented. The results show that decentralization - measured as the share of sub-national employment, revenues or, respectively, expenditures - improves governance. This is particularly true for low income countries but - depending on the indicator employed - to some extent for high income countries also. However, the number of sub-national government tiers exerts a negative impact on some dimensions of governance.
Subjects: 
Decentralization
Governance
Legal Quality
Judicial Independence
Federalism
Institutions
JEL: 
H40
H71
H72
H77
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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